Planes & Orientations
This term means toward the front of the body
What is anterior?
This is the basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
This system brings oxygen to the body.
What is the respiratory system?
This is the maintenance of a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
This condition is caused when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin and blood sugar gets too high.
What is diabetes?
This plane divides the body into left and right portions.
What is the sagittal plane?
This muscular organ pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
This system includes bones and stores calcium.
What is the skeletal system?
This system works with the cardiovascular system to deliver oxygen to cells.
What is the respiratory system?
A disorder where the thyroid produces too little hormone, slowing metabolism.
What is hypothyroidism?
This term means closer to the point of attachment.
What is proximal?
These are the tiny air sacs in the lungs.
What are alveoli?
This system transports oxygen, nutrients, and hormones.
What is the cardiovascular system?
This system helps regulate water balance and blood pressure.
What is the urinary system?
This condition involves inflammation and narrowing of airways, making breathing difficult.
What is asthma?
This plane divides the body into upper and lower portions.
What is the transverse plane?
This organ produces bile for fat digestion.
What is the liver?
This system is responsible for producing hormones that regulate growth, metabolism, and reproduction.
What is the endocrine system?
When body temperature rises, this system activates sweat glands to cool the body.
What is the integumentary system?
This condition is caused by buildup of plaque in the arteries.
What is Cardiovascular disease?
Or What is atherosclerosis?
This term means farther from the midline of the body.
What is lateral?
This structure carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What is the ureter?
This system includes smooth, skeletal, and cardiac tissues.
What is the muscular system?
This system detects changes in the environment and coordinates responses from other body systems.
What is the nervous system?
A genetic disorder that causes progressive weakening of skeletal muscles.
What is muscular dystrophy?